Mercedes, Nissan Jointly Developing Midsize Pickup

Mercedes and Nissan have officially announced a jointly developed midsize pickup truck. 

The partnership will result in an all-new Nissan NP300 Navara and a Mercedes-Benz pickup truck, both of which will target Europe, Australia, South Africa and Latin America.

Mercedes USA CEO Steve Cannon recently said that the Mercedes truck could find its way to the U.S., but its not a sure thing. The company is currently investigating whether or not the small truck would sell in the states and will make its decision before year end.

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The Mercedes pickup will share its architecture with the Nissan, but the brand points out that it will be engineered by Daimler and carry all of the characteristics of a Mercedes product. The truck will be built by Nissan at its Renault plant in Cordoba, Argentina for Latin America and in Barcelona, Spain for other world markets.

Production of both trucks will begin sometime before 2020.